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OEHA Scholarship
The objective of the OEHA Scholarship is to provide financial support for college students during their internship or independant study projects. By providing this financial support, OEHA will increase internship options for students, increase awareness of career opportunities in Environmental Health, and promote learning through innovative internship or independant study projects.
The scholarship is open to college students pursuing degrees in Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Public Health, Biology, Chemistry, Zoology, Soils Science, or related fields where an internship or independant study project is required to meet degree requirements. Scholarship funds will be used to pay for all or part of the tuition costs of the student(s) during the school term they do their internship. The internship or independant study project must be undertaken in Oregon, and be supervised by a Registered Environmental Health Specialist.
The scholarship funds will be awarded by a vote of the OEHA Board of Directors based on the following criteria:
- Environmental or Public Health relevance of the proposed internship project.
- Financial need of the applicant.
- Applicant's scholastic achievement.
- Applicant's outside activities or interests related to Environmental or Public Health
- Applicant's professional goals.
Applicants must complete a brief application and submit a one or two page summary of the planned internship project that includes the following information:
- Nature of the survey, study or project that will make up the majority of the applicant's work time over the course of the internship. Include basic information on the methods and goals of the project. Description of other internship or independant study project activities.
- Name and address of the government agency or company where the applicant will be doing the internship or independant study project, the college term the internship will take place, and the name of the Registered Environmental Health Specialist that will be supervising the internship or independant study project.
- Whether the applicant will be paid during the internship (this will be the primary criteria for determining financial need).
- How the proposed internship project relates to the applicant's professional goals and outside interests/ activities.
Application may be submitted anytime during the year but no later than February 15th. Award winners will be notified by March 30 and will also be invited to attend OEHA's Annual Education Conference in April. Award winners will be required to write a summary of their internship project for publication in the OEHA Newsletter.
Please submit the application to:
Bill Emminger
OEHA Scholarship Chair
Benton County Health Department
P.O. Box 579
530 NW 27th Street
Corvallis, Oregon 97333-0579
If you have questions, please e-mail the OEHA Board of Directors.